Chapter 27: King of Singles

The Trail Blazers' "new style" of play quickly stirred up a whirlwind in the third week.

The defending champions, who had performed poorly in the first two weeks, gradually found their rhythm.

Without Bill Walton, they simplified their overly complicated frontcourt passing and movement tactics.

Starting with a large number of low post isolations by Gan Guoyang to create space, they quickly gained the upper hand in the games.

Once the advantage was established, the Trail Blazers' offensive command would shift to the outside, with Porter and Drexler becoming the initiators of the offense.

Gan Guoyang's quality screens, along with Vandeweghe's perimeter hovering, made the Trail Blazers' offense simple yet multi-dimensional.

When the game reached its most intense stage of confrontation, Gan Guoyang would step up to dominate the game with strong low post play.

Although every game had different circumstances, problems with fouls, turnovers, and shooting inaccuracies.